... devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases... The lives of the most eminent English poets - Stran 98avtor: Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787Celotni ogled - O knjigi
| Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - 1810 - 470 strani
...devout prayer to that great Being, who is the source of all utterance and know^ ledge; and who sendeth out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lip* of whom he pleases. " When the cheerfulness of " the people," says this mighty poet, " is so sprightly... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 strani
...by devout prayers to that Eternal Spirit that can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases. To this must be added industrious and select reading,. * Stephen Marshall, Edmund Calamy,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 strani
...Spirit that can enrich with all utterance and knowiedge, and sends out his seraphim, with the haiiowe'd fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases. To this must be added industrious and select reading, * Stephen Marshall, Edmund Calamy, Thomas... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 570 strani
...by devout prayer to the eternal Spirit that can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his Seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases. To this must be added, industrious and select reading, steady observation, and insight into... | |
| Charles Caleb Colton - 1812 - 294 strani
...Seraphim with the Above their frowns and smiles, the lofty page He forms, the wonder of each future age ! hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases." Johnson's whole account of Milton is a struggle and a conflict between his judgment and his... | |
| Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - 1813 - 634 strani
...devout prayer to that great Being, who is the source of all utterance and knowledge ; and who sendeth out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases. " When the cheerfulness " of the people," says this mighty poet, " is so sprightly up, as... | |
| James Ridgway - 1813 - 470 strani
...devout prayer to that great Being, who is the source of all utterance and knowledge ; and who sendeth out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases. " When the cheerfulness of " the people," says this mighty poet, " is so sprightly " up, as... | |
| Henry Kaye Bonney - 1815 - 422 strani
...devout prayer to that " eternal spirit, who can enrich with all ut" terance and knowledge, and sends out his " Seraphim with the hallowed fire of his " altar to touch and purify the lips of whom " he pleases ; to this must be added indus" trious and select reading, steady observa" tion, insight into... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 572 strani
...by devout prayer to the eternal Spirit that can enrici) with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his Seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases. To this must be added, industrious and select reading, steady observation, and insight into... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 564 strani
...that can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his Seraphim with the hallowed tire of his .altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases. To this must be added, industrious and select reading, steady observation, and insight into... | |
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